Innovation and Technologyhttp://hdl.handle.net/10855/225842018-12-19T10:51:37Z2018-12-19T10:51:37Z201381Capacity development indicators for spatial data infrastructures in Africahttp://hdl.handle.net/10855/34232018-08-07T01:03:11Z2005-04-01T00:00:00ZCapacity development indicators for spatial data infrastructures in Africa
This paper is examine, for the need for a "comprehensive assessment of the existing capacity for the establishment and management of SDI" within the framework of the recommendations of the "African Regional Preparatory Conference for the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) ", in February 2005 in Accra, Ghana. We highlight key features of the UNDP Capacity Development Indicator (CDI) framework. These features include the three-tier structure of capacity assessment (systemic, organizational and individual), five strategic areas of support and a qualitative (scorecard) approach for capacity self-assessment.
2005-04-01T00:00:00ZReport of the eighth meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee of Experts (ICE) of the Sub regional Development Center for Southern Africahttp://hdl.handle.net/10855/47182016-10-12T15:05:14Z200205-01-01T00:00:00ZReport of the eighth meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee of Experts (ICE) of the Sub regional Development Center for Southern Africa
This paper focuses on report of the eighth meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee of Experts (ICE) of the Sub regional Development Centre for Southern Africa. in considering the report on the work of the SRDC-SA recommendations were made on the need to report on progress achieved in the implementation of projects on regional integration and cooperation such as the Zambia-Malawi-Mozambique Growth Triangle (ZMM-GT) in its report of work undertaken during the reporting period.
200205-01-01T00:00:00ZProgress report on NICI implemetnation; evaluation of the impact of NICI in Africa : the Scan-ICT projecthttp://hdl.handle.net/10855/16392016-10-12T15:05:46Z2001-09-01T00:00:00ZProgress report on NICI implemetnation; evaluation of the impact of NICI in Africa : the Scan-ICT project
The impact from new information and communication technologies is no longer confined to the communications and information sectors. It has become a pervasive mass technology with a much wider scope of influence, affecting virtually all sectors of society.
Thus, development of NICI plans will enable African countries and funding partners to have in hand a framework which will guide them throughout the process of program planning and project development and implementation. It will also enable coordination between various stakeholders and funding agencies and will prevent duplication of activities which is unavoidable whenever there is no NICI development plan in a country. The NICI Plan constitutes also an evaluation tool for decision makers as it encompasses criteria for follow up and monitoring.
2001-09-01T00:00:00ZRapport de la réunion extraordinaire du comité de coordination interinstitutions sur la décennie des Nations Unies pour les transports et les communications en Afriquehttp://hdl.handle.net/10855/17702016-10-12T14:02:45Z1988-03-01T00:00:00ZRapport de la réunion extraordinaire du comité de coordination interinstitutions sur la décennie des Nations Unies pour les transports et les communications en Afrique
La deuxième réunion extraordinaire du comité de coordination interinstitutions de la décennie des Nations Unies pour les transports et les communications en Afrique s’est tenue les 14 au 15 mars 1988 à Kinshasa (Zaïre). Cette réunion était organisée conformément à la décision prise par le comité à sa onzième réunion ordinaire tenue à Ouagadougou.
1988-03-01T00:00:00ZThe process of developing National Information and Communications Infrastructure (NICI) in Africahttp://hdl.handle.net/10855/56322016-03-03T14:28:14Z1999-09-01T00:00:00ZThe process of developing National Information and Communications Infrastructure (NICI) in Africa
This document focused on the process of developing national information and communications infrastructure (NICI) in Africa.
1999-09-01T00:00:00ZAfrican media and ICT4D : documentary evidencehttp://hdl.handle.net/10855/54922017-04-25T08:19:58Z2003-01-01T00:00:00ZAfrican media and ICT4D : documentary evidence
This document provides a sobering view of media and participation and promotion of information society issues. Many of the African countries surveyed have formulated or are implementing national Information and Communication Infrastructure Plans(NICIS)/e-strategies, yet the stark reality is that not many journalists are engaged in the issues; and if they are, it is from a limited perspective. It is hoped that this publication will provide all those with an interest in ICT4D issues in Africa (including the media) with food for thought and will open a window of opportunity for greater intervention and further research with respect to media and ICTS in Africa.
2003-01-01T00:00:00ZTechnologies de l'information et de la communication pour le secteur de la santé : forum pour le développement Africain'99 sommet post FDAhttp://hdl.handle.net/10855/13572016-10-12T14:04:39Z2001-08-01T00:00:00ZTechnologies de l'information et de la communication pour le secteur de la santé : forum pour le développement Africain'99 sommet post FDA
La crise débilitante résultant du VIH/SIDA en Afrique sub-saharienne et l’impact que cela a eu sur le développement de la malaria et de la tuberculose sont des aspects d'horreur. Chaque jour compte près de 1 million de morts, du fait de la seule malaria, sur les 33,4 millions de gens atteints du VIH/SIDA, vingt-deux millions vivent en Afrique subsaharienne et quatre millions de gens en sont morts. On estime a 8 millions le nombre d'enfants rendus orphelins par cette épidémie. Le SIDA a pour conséquence probable de diminuer de 20 ans l'espérance de vie, de baisser la productivité du travail et d'augmenter la mortalité infantile. Tous les efforts en vue d'améliorer la situation économique de l’Afrique seront mines par la présence de cette maladie, si des solutions globales ne sont pas rapidement mises au point.
2001-08-01T00:00:00ZReport of the African Technical Advisory Committee on the African Information Society Initiative (AISI)http://hdl.handle.net/10855/5162016-10-12T14:07:15Z2001-07-01T00:00:00ZReport of the African Technical Advisory Committee on the African Information Society Initiative (AISI)
The African Information Society Initiative (AISI) is a mission statement for Africa's quest to bridge the digital divide between the continent and the rest of the world, and to speed the continent and the rest of the world, and to speed the continent's entry into the Information age. Based on ECA resolution and instituting mechanism that could monitor and evaluate the progress and results of AISI, members of ATAC were appointed. The first meeting of ATAC I was held in October 1997 and the second took place in 1998. ATAC II is currently meeting for the first time since new members were appointed.
2001-07-01T00:00:00ZDéveloppement scientifique, innovation et économie du savoir: les prémisses du développement en Afrique ?http://hdl.handle.net/10855/28022016-06-09T13:11:09Z2009-04-01T00:00:00ZDéveloppement scientifique, innovation et économie du savoir: les prémisses du développement en Afrique ?
Les graves difficultés que connaît aujourd’hui la planète sont imputables à un modèle de développement choisi en partant du postulat suivant: le développement est un processus de changement structurel comprenant une série d’étapes historiques que les pays en développement doivent franchir pour passer d’une société traditionnelle à une société moderne et atteindre les mêmes niveaux de consommation de masse que les pays développés. Un tel modèle repose sur l’hypothèse que l’industrialisation est le principal moteur de la croissance. En conséquence, le développement est surtout mesuré en termes de production et de consommation et au moyen d’indicateurs tels que le produit intérieur brut (PIB) et le revenu par habitant, en faisant abstraction d’autres données pertinentes telles que la justice sociale, la redistribution de la richesse, la préservation de l’environnement et d’autres indicateurs relatifs à l’amélioration de conditions de vie des gens et au bien-être des populations.
2009-04-01T00:00:00ZA strategy to accelerate African development through the increased use of information and communication technologies : the African development forum '99 post ADF summithttp://hdl.handle.net/10855/14812016-10-12T14:08:20Z2001-08-01T00:00:00ZA strategy to accelerate African development through the increased use of information and communication technologies : the African development forum '99 post ADF summit
Amid talk of the growing digital divide between rich and poor countries, an increasing number of Africans are making innovative use of new information and communication technologies (ICTs). ♦ In Morocco, a local Internet service provider has landed the contract to digitize the entire National Library of France's paper archives. The scanned pages are beamed by satellite from Paris directly to the data centre in Rabat where they are processed and sent back. ♦ In Senegal over 10 000 small businesses have emerged to provide public telephone services since the national telecom operator opened up the public telephone market. Now many of them provide Internet access and other PC-based business services. In Dakar, medical students are now being taught by a team of expert doctors in Brussels using video link-ups. ♦ In 24 university campuses across Africa students are linked to classrooms and libraries worldwide via satellite and will soon be able to obtain degrees in computer science, computer engineering and electrical engineering.
2001-08-01T00:00:00ZScan-ICT : indicators of information and communications technologieshttp://hdl.handle.net/10855/54932016-10-12T14:08:25Z2003-10-01T00:00:00ZScan-ICT : indicators of information and communications technologies
By 2006, almost half of the workforce in developed countries will be employed by industries that are either producers or intensive users of information and communication technologies (ICTs) products and services. However, in sub-Saharan Africa, the average teledensity is a mere two lines per 100 inhabitants and only 0.6 percent of Internet users worldwide are on the African continent. Despite the growth of mobile telephones, which has outstripped that of fi xed lines, Africa still lags behind in the transition to
an Information Economy. In order for the Continent to achieve meaningful social and economic development, massive improvements in ICT-utilization are necessary. Countries need to create an enabling environment in areas such as policy formulation and regulatory frameworks, which support the growth of the technology industry. Although
ICT initiatives and national e-strategies have proliferated in the last few years, not much has been done to measure their impact on the lives of people
2003-10-01T00:00:00ZStudy of broadcasting techniques for promoting the extension of coverage and improvement of mass communications (Project No. 9.556.07) : First phase reporthttp://hdl.handle.net/10855/80082016-03-03T14:39:51Z1981-08-01T00:00:00ZStudy of broadcasting techniques for promoting the extension of coverage and improvement of mass communications (Project No. 9.556.07) : First phase report
The project objective is to find alternative, “low-cost" system to the imported and expensive broadcast equipment which can prove equally expansive to operate and maintain. This is conceived in two phases: (1) The study of some major sound broadcasting system currently in use in some countries of the region, the coverage areas in terms of the national geographical areas and population achieved by such systems and their related costs in capital and operational terms; and (2) determining the feasibility of and making recommendations on a low-cost system as an alternative to the traditional large-scale technologically more advanced (and expensive) system currently in use as well as on a national broadcasting organization which can host the fabrication and field testing of a suitable low-cost model system.
1981-08-01T00:00:00ZInformation and communicatioin technology as a tool for modernisationhttp://hdl.handle.net/10855/16922016-10-12T14:07:50Z2001-09-01T00:00:00ZInformation and communicatioin technology as a tool for modernisation
It is argued that Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is a vital too! In Africa's modernization plan. Information Technology, Communication Technology, and their convergence into ICT are discussed. The use of ICT as a modernization lever in five critical areas, via: education, agriculture, delivery of health services, commerce and government is discussed.
2001-09-01T00:00:00ZReport of the African Technical Advisory Committee (ATAC) on the implementation of the AISIhttp://hdl.handle.net/10855/50832016-10-12T14:08:34Z2003-03-01T00:00:00ZReport of the African Technical Advisory Committee (ATAC) on the implementation of the AISI
In May 1996 the ECA Conference of Ministers adopted the African Information Society Initiative (AISI). In resolution 812 (XXXI) adopting the Initiative, the Conference of Ministers mandated ECA to institute an African Technical Advisory Committee (ATAC) made up of African experts in all aspects of information and communication technologies (ICT) and the information society to provide advise on the implementation of AISI.
2003-03-01T00:00:00ZTelematics for development - African regional symposium 3 to 7 April 1995http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/172992016-03-03T15:35:00Z1995-03-01T00:00:00ZTelematics for development - African regional symposium 3 to 7 April 1995
The phenomenal development of Telematics in the developed countries may not be transferable to the developing countries if it is not accompanied by serious measures, and we appreciate that such kinds of initiatives as the UNECA/ITU/UNESCO symposium in Addis address this issue. Everybody will agree on ITU and UNESCO's conclusion on the subject. The key to the success of this project will be the cooperation between the main operators.
1995-03-01T00:00:00ZReport of the eighth meeting of the inter-agency co-coordinating committee on the United Nations Transport and Communications Decade in Africa : Addis Ababa 12 to 14 January 1985http://hdl.handle.net/10855/219842016-03-03T15:42:46Z1985-01-01T00:00:00ZReport of the eighth meeting of the inter-agency co-coordinating committee on the United Nations Transport and Communications Decade in Africa : Addis Ababa 12 to 14 January 1985
The documents focuses the eighth meeting of the Inter-agency coordinating Committee for the United Nations Transport and communications decade was held at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 12 to H January 1985 under the Chairmanship of Professor Adebayo Adedeji, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa.
1985-01-01T00:00:00ZPolicies and plans on the information society : status and impacthttp://hdl.handle.net/10855/54912016-03-03T15:43:05Z2003-10-01T00:00:00ZPolicies and plans on the information society : status and impact
The document focuses on information and communication technologies (ICTs) over the last decade have brought a dramatic improvement and opportunities that have advanced Africa’s participation in the information age. In fact, ICTs have created alternatives never imagined before for knowledge-based socio-economic development.
2003-10-01T00:00:00ZThe role of information and communication technology in education and healthhttp://hdl.handle.net/10855/139562016-10-12T14:09:50Z2001-06-01T00:00:00ZThe role of information and communication technology in education and health
Information and Communication Technology (IC)T is impetuously spreading in developing countries that its contribution in work is becoming more apparent to most of users. The indisputable acceptance of the technology becomes more expedited when people become informed about it and skilled in using it Developed countries have made ICT an integral part of human life in business; industry; governments; politics; education; health services and in homes. However, present indicators show future prospects for the developing countries to posture similar automated working environment in which majority of work places will require employing competent personnel in ICT.
2001-06-01T00:00:00ZReform in higher education and the use of information technology : the implications for Africa of U.S. experience in information and communication technologies and higer educationhttp://hdl.handle.net/10855/154382016-03-03T14:42:07Z2001-11-01T00:00:00ZReform in higher education and the use of information technology : the implications for Africa of U.S. experience in information and communication technologies and higer education
This paper is not concerned with people learning about ICTs as part of their overall cultural preparation (although I do think it is important that educated people understand the revolutionary technologies of their times). Rather, it concerns the role of universities in teaching people to use ICTs as part of their professional toolkits. In terms of social and economic development, it is the broader use of ICTs to improve the productivity of government, business and civil society that will pay the largest dividends.
2001-11-01T00:00:00ZScan-ICT: understanding ICT penetration and usage in Africahttp://hdl.handle.net/10855/32442016-10-12T14:11:47Z2005-04-01T00:00:00ZScan-ICT: understanding ICT penetration and usage in Africa
The Scan-ICT project is a multi-donor initiative that seeks to build support for the phased development of a comprehensive African capability to define, collect and manage key information needed to support the growing investment in ICTs as well as the transition of
Africa to an Information Society. In addition, Scan-ICT describes an opportunity to build capacity in Africa - the capacity for Africa to influence ICT investments, to extend their impact, to develop sound policies and to encourage the development of made-in-Africa
solutions, applications and content.
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